Kena Frank Photography

This maternity shoot was filled with light and love…

Nilika and Neel are just about the sweetest couple of life, and they’re having a baby boy this spring.  It’s so much fun photographing expectant parents…These two were all smiles just talking about having a baby, and when they looked at each other you could tell how happy in love they are…

So excited that they’ll be bringing me back for their newborn shoot in a few months — I can hardly wait to meet their little man.

Favorites from the session are here:

This was one of my absolute favorite shoots of the year.  Mark and Terisa are dear friends of mine, and I was so excited to do another shoot with them.  We did one a couple of years ago at the Ferry Building & Pier 7, and I knew that I could count on them to bring a little spunk to the session…They did not disappoint :)

We were supposed to go to Alcatraz, but rain and rescheduling did not permit, and so we decided on Fort Point instead.  Fort Point is such an amazing space, with its old brick walls, vaulted ceilings and dramatic lighting.  Terisa, Mark, Jack and Madeleine were all dressed to the nines, and Terisa went with a slightly 1940s look which tied everything together.

I loved everything about this session — the laughs, the location, the styling, and best of all getting to spend an afternoon with friends.  And these four make the most gorgeous family, they kinda made my job easy…

Here’s a peek at the session:

Katie and Mike were having family in from out of town, and decided to take advantage of the fact that everyone was going to be in one place at the same time.  I wish I remembered to do this more often with my own family! I spend so much time behind the camera, and it’s something to remember for this year….

It was lovely spending time with their whole crew that afternoon…In particular it was great seeing the three little cousins together — the three of them were just beautiful, and each with their own personality…I loved Lucy’s creativity, Annie’s spunk, and Eva’s sweetness…Some pics from this extended family photo session are below:

OK, so I was a little bit smitten with this little lovely even before I met her because of her name.  We went with a boy name for our youngest daughter and ‘Frankie’ would have been a contender if it wasn’t so close to my last name :)

Cameron and David decided on Crissy Field for the shoot, and we spent about an hour there right around sunset–the light couldn’t have been more perfect…  I really had so much fun working with the three of them, and Frankie was incredibly sweet and happy–I couldn’t get over her smile!  Beautiful, just beautiful…

A few favorites from the shoot are here:

I met Megan, Gardiner and their daughter Eva at the Ferry Building one afternoon for a shoot.  I gotta say that I love it when clients opt for an urban setting for their photos….I know that they went back and forth on this one a little bit, but I was so glad when they finally landed on this spot! It’s a favorite of mine.

The Ferry Building was crowded that day so we stuck mostly to the outside spaces, then walked over to Pier 7, which luckily was emptying out at that time of day.  And Eva was so much fun to photograph, watching her explore reminded me of my own little ladies at that age…

A few pics from our session are here: